Camera jolting while running; name above head shaking.

[Vanderkaum]

Hello everyone and look forward to the replies to this.

I am experiencing a more annoying than disastrous bug and I'm not sure if it has to do with my system or not. First, let me give some details because I did not experience this bug while playing my old character; tallest duskwight elezen model. I quit for a while and now I'm playing as a Hellsguard Roegadyn, tallest.

While running, I'm experiencing what seems like forward progression hiccups. I'm running at normal speed, but the actual background is not coming at me smoothly, almost like sections are coming at me instead of a gradual progression of land. It's not lag as the game itself, including PC animations do not bog down. And to top it off, it is only at certain camera angles. Best way I could reproduce this is by putting the camera angle as far back as I can and having it angled slightly in a downward fashion, I guess where I'm at a slight above the head angle and almost directly behind my PC. At any other angle, the game runs 100% smooth with no hiccups. The other thing that I am noticing, and I did notice this with my elezen, is that on certain terrains, the name above my head almost....bounces, and quickly. Best area I can reproduce this in is the surrounding area around Ul'dah and Limsa.

I hope that this description is enough, it's the only way I can describe it! Below I've pasted my system information in hopes that maybe this will help with a fix or a way that I can fix it. Like I said, the game runs 100% smooth until I get into this certain camera angle, then I have the problem.

Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance for any advice or a future fix!

-=-=-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 64bit (build 7601)
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor
Number of Processors Logical Core Count 4 Physical Core Count 4
BIOS Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Language English (Regional Setting: English)
Physical Memory 4093.094MB
Virtual Memory 2047.875MB
Page File 8184.383MB
Storage C:\ Hard Disk Drive Total Disk Space 698.537GB Free Disk Space 489.414GB
Storage D:\ Hard Disk Drive Total Disk Space 0.098GB Free Disk Space 0.060GB
Storage F:\ Hard Disk Drive Total Disk Space 465.759GB Free Disk Space 349.882GB
DirectX Version DirectX 11
Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
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+DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
+Display Mode 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
+Driver nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
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+Driver Date 6/15/2011 6:11:00 AM
+Driver Language English
+Vertex Shader 3.0
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+DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
+Display Mode 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
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+Driver Language English
+Driver Date 7/7/2010 10:16:24 PM
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+Name Mouse
+Notes Axis 3 Button 5 Field of View 0
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+Notes Axis 0 Button 128 Field of View 0
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+Name Controller (Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver for Windows)
+Notes Axis 5 Button 10 Field of View 1
Input Device(s) {9109F080-A3B5-11DF-8008444553540000}
+Name Microsoft Hardware USB Mouse
+Notes Axis 1 Button 1024 Field of View 0
Input Device(s) {910AB3D0-A3B5-11DF-8009444553540000}
+Name Micr
+Notes Axis 0 Button 0 Field of View 0
Input Device(s) {910ADAE0-A3B5-11DF-800A444553540000}
+Name Micr?
+Notes Axis 0 Button 1280 Field of View 0
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+Name Micr
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Input Device(s) {A2084400-AA3A-11DF-8001444553540000}
+Name USB
+Notes Axis 0 Button 1024 Field of View 0
Input Device(s) {A2089220-AA3A-11DF-8002444553540000}
+Name USB
+Notes Axis 0 Button 256 Field of View 0

[Rimmer]

Sounds like that stupid jittery camera thing when its at a certain distance. If so im having the same problem and its REALLY annoying.

[Lienn]

Indeed. They added a countermeasure to this a while ago but seems its back at full power since 1.18 become live.

[origamikitsune]

Several people have reported this as a bug. The dev team is aware it was a problem. Probably should be reported in the bug forum (EDIT: by multiple people, I mean), since it has come back.

[Baccanale]

Greetings, Vanderkaum!
Thank you for posting your concerns about your camera and name shaking around. I can understand how greatly annoying this has been for you. According to our records, there have been several reports that we have received from players that experienced similar troubles, and the development team is currently inspecting the matter. I recommend consulting http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/ or http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/f...40-Patch-Notes for any news about the development team's investigation. Thanks again for your participation!